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India and United States (US) sign key defence supply pact

Posted 27 Aug 2024

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These include:

  • Security of Supplies Arrangement (SoSA): Allows both U.S. and its partners to request priority support for defence-related goods and services to maintain supply chain resilience during critical times.
    • SoSA is not legally binding and not sanction-proofed. India is 18th SoSA partner of US.
  • Memorandum of Agreement regarding Assignment of Liaison Officers: It will increase sharing of information and will entail posting of Indian armed forces officers in key strategic US Commands.
Infographic titled "Significance of SoSA." Three sections underneath: first shows a tank labeled "strengthening Defence Technology and Trade" between two countries; second shows a bar graph labeled "develop investment strategies"; third shows a globe labeled "expand footprint.

Other initiatives to boost India-US Defence and Security Cooperation

  • US designated India as a Major Defence Partner (2016), and signed foundational agreements i.e.
    • Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), 2016 to use each other’s military base.
    • Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA), 2018 for interoperability between two militaries and sale of high-end technology to India.
    • Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), 2020 to share high-end military technology, logistics and geospatial maps 
  • Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET, 2023): Framework for technology cooperation, it covers commercial as well as defence technologies.
  • India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X, 2023): Coordinate efforts in defence innovation in technology, systems and products.
  • Tags :
  • India-USA
  • Security of Supplies Arrangement (SoSA)
  • Assignment of Liaison Officers
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